[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [續高僧傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060) › 16.46 # 續高僧傳 16.46 續高僧傳 16.46 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [16.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.16.46) 釋法充。姓畢氏。九江人。常誦法華並讀大品。其遍難紀。兼繕造寺宇。情在住持。末住廬山半頂化城寺修定。自非僧事未嘗妄履。每勸僧眾無以女人入寺。上損佛化下墜俗謠。然世以基業事重。有不從者。充歎曰。生不值佛已是罪緣。正教不行義須早死何慮方土不奉戒乎。遂於此山香爐峯上自投而下。誓粉身骨用生淨土。便於中虛頭忽倒上。冉冉而下處于深谷。不損一毛。寺眾初不知也。後有人上峯頂路望下。千有餘仞聞人語聲。就而尋之乃是充也。身命猶存口誦如故。迎還至寺。僧感其死諫為斷女人。經于六年方乃卒世。時屬隆暑而屍不臭爛。香如爛瓜。即隋開皇之末年矣。 > Śramaṇa Fachong, surnamed Bi, was a native of Jiujiang. He constantly recited the \*Saddharmapuṇḍarīka Sūtra\* and read the \*Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra\*, the number of times being difficult to tally. In addition, he repaired and built temple buildings, his mind focused on sustaining the monastic community. In his later years, he resided halfway up Mount Lu at the Huacheng Temple to cultivate concentration. Unless on monastic business, he never took a single improper step outside. He repeatedly exhorted the monastic community not to permit women to enter the temple, which above harmed the Buddha's transforming work and below degraded them into popular mockery. However, as the world prioritized material holdings and property, there were those who would not comply. Chong sighed and said: 'To be born without encountering a Buddha is already a karmic offense. If the correct teachings are not practiced, it is right that I should die early; why worry that this region will not uphold the precepts?' Thereupon, from atop the Xianglu Peak on this mountain, he threw himself down, vowing to shatter his body and bones so as to be reborn in the Pure Land. Midair, his head suddenly flipped upward, and he drifted down slowly into the deep ravine, without a single hair being harmed. The temple community initially knew nothing of it. Later, someone walked on the path atop the peak, looked down more than a thousand fathoms, and heard the sound of a human voice. Going down to search, it was Chong; his physical life was still preserved, and he was reciting as before. They welcomed him back to the temple. The monks, moved by his willingness to remonstrate with death, barred women \[from the temple\]. After six years, he finally passed away. At the time it was the height of summer, yet his corpse did not rot or stink, but smelled fragrant like ripe melon. This was at the end of the Kaihuang era of the Sui dynasty. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 16.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.16.45) - [Next: 16.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.16.47) - [Up: 16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.16) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060~en-mt.16.46) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.16.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.16.46) · Pramāṇa